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Smoked Salmon Pate

Robyn
This smoked salmon pate made with poached salmon, cream cheese and Greek yogurt can be made ahead of time. Serve it with drinks, a starter, or for a special breakfast.
5 from 14 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dips | Sauces, leftovers, Quick, Salads & Light Meals
Cuisine Modern english/modern australian
Servings 4 people as starter
Calories 166 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 150g (5oz) poached/steamed salmon fillets cooled and flaked*
  • 120g (4oz) smoked salmon finely chopped
  • 150g (5oz) cream cheese
  • 1-2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt
  • Handful fresh dill finely chopped
  • cracked black pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a medium mixing bowl mix the cream cheese, yogurt, and dill together.
  • Gently stir in the finely chopped smoked and flaked poached salmon. If you like a chunky pate don't stir too much to keep some larger flakes of salmon. t
  • Season to taste with black pepper.
  • Spoon into serving bowl and chill for a couple of hours before serving.
  • (You can eat the pate straight away but chilling it makes a firmer pate.)

Notes

*For this recipe I steam the salmon: place the salmon on a piece of foil, add a splash of water, sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper some salt then wrap the foil into a parcel, sealing tightly, and cook for around 10 minutes, depending on thickness of salmon, until just cooked. 
Budget Tips / How to reduce the cost further:
  • If you aren't using smoked salmon for any other recipe, the smaller packs of smoked salmon are 100g in Australia so use 1 pack of that to save buying more than you will need. 
  • Make using frozen salmon instead of fresh salmon, and smoked salmon trimmings  instead of smoked salmon.
Hot smoked salmon: Use 250g hot smoked salmon fillet in place of the steamed salmon and smoked salmon.
Cream cheese - full fat or reduced fat cream cheese.
Plain Greek yogurt - full fat or fat free, or substitute with creme fraiche.
Fresh Herbs - I love the aniseed flavour of fresh dill, but you can substitute fresh chives or parsley.
Freshly cracked black pepper - use cracked pepper rather than ground pepper.

Nutrition

Calories: 166kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 8gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 357mgPotassium: 104mgSugar: 1gVitamin A: 530IUCalcium: 44mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cream cheese, dill, greek yogurt recipe, poached salmon, smoked salmon

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